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Aston Villa 0-2 Chelsea - November 01, 1997 / Premier League 1997/1998

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Premier League 1997/1998 - Round 13

Villa Park - Birmingham - England

November 01, 1997

39 372

Aston Villa

0 - 2

Chelsea

38'

Mark Hughes

82'

Tore André Flo

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38' - Goal Mark Hughes

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60' - Substitution Fernando Nelsonis substituted by Ian Taylor photo Savo Milosevic

60' - Substitution Julian Joachimis substituted by Savo Milosevic60

64' - Substitution Jody Morrisis substituted by Roberto Di Matteo

69' - Substitution Dan Petrescuis substituted by Steve Clarke

80' - Substitution Gianfranco Zolais substituted by Tore André Flo

82' - Goal Tore André Flo

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Aston Villa

0 - 2

Chelsea

Aston Villa Chelsea

Team line-ups

Aston Villa

Oakes

Michael Oakes

England

B.date30/10/1973

Age24 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

Ehiogu

Ugo Ehiogu

England

B.date03/11/1972

Age24 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

Southgate

Gareth Southgate

England

B.date03/09/1970

Age27 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Scimeca

Riccardo Scimeca

England

B.date13/06/1975

Age22 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

Nelson60

Fernando Nelson

Portugal

B.date05/11/1971

Age25 years

H1m79

positionRight full-back

Wright

Alan Wright

England

B.date28/09/1971

Age26 years

H1m63

positionLeft full-back

Grayson

Simon Grayson

England

B.date16/12/1969

Age27 years

H1m83

positionRight full-back

Charles

Gary Charles

England

B.date13/04/1970

Age27 years

H1m75

positionRight full-back

Draper

Mark Draper

England

B.date11/11/1970

Age26 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Joachim60

Julian Joachim

England

B.date20/09/1974

Age23 years

H1m68

positionStriker

Yorke

Dwight Yorke

Trinidad and Tobago

B.date03/11/1971

Age25 years

H1m80

positionCentre forward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Michael Oakes		24	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ugo Ehiogu		24	189	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gareth Southgate		27	94	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Riccardo Scimeca		22	52	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Fernando Nelson	60	25	54	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Alan Wright		26	120	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Simon Grayson		27	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gary Charles		27	72	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Mark Draper		26	96	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Julian Joachim	60	23	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Dwight Yorke		25	252	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Chelsea

de Goeij

Ed de Goeij

Netherlands

B.date20/12/1966

Age30 years

H1m97

positionGoalkeeper

Leboeuf

Frank Leboeuf

France

B.date22/01/1968

Age29 years

H1m84

positionSweeper

Sinclair

Frank Sinclair

Jamaica

B.date03/12/1971

Age25 years

H1m73

positionRight central defender

Petrescu69

Dan Petrescu

Romania

B.date22/12/1967

Age29 years

H1m77

positionRight full-back

Babayaro

Celestine Babayaro

Nigeria

B.date29/08/1978

Age19 years

H1m75

positionLeft full-back

Newton

Eddie Newton

England

B.date13/12/1971

Age25 years

H1m80

positionDefensive Midfielder

Morris64

Jody Morris

England

B.date22/12/1978

Age18 years

H1m66

positionCentre Midfield

Myers

Andy Myers

England

B.date03/11/1973

Age23 years

H1m73

positionLeft Midfielder

Zola80

Gianfranco Zola

Italy

B.date05/07/1966

Age31 years

H1m68

positionSecond striker

Nicholls

Mark Nicholls

England

B.date30/05/1977

Age20 years

positionForward

Hughes38

Mark Hughes

Wales

B.date01/11/1963

Age34 years

H1m75

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Ed de Goeij		30	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Frank Leboeuf		29	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Frank Sinclair		25	194	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Dan Petrescu	69	29	87	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Celestine Babayaro		19	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Eddie Newton		25	177	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jody Morris	64	18	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Andy Myers		23	89	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Gianfranco Zola	80	31	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mark Nicholls		20	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mark Hughes	38	34	95	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Ian Taylor	60	29	111	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F		Savo Milosevic	60	24	95	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Steve Clarke	69	34	324	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Roberto Di Matteo	64	27	58	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Tore André Flo	8280	24	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Michael Oakes

Mark Bosnich

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Gianfranco Zola

Tore André Flo

OUT

Jody Morris

Steve Clarke

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Brian Little

143

Success rate in this team:

42 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

43 %

Little vs Chelsea

2 victories

1 draw

5 losses

Latest figure on November 01, 1997

Little vs Gullit

0 victory

1 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on November 01, 1997

Manager

Age

Match num

Ruud Gullit

Success rate in this team:

49 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

49 %

Gullit vs Aston Villa

2 victories

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on November 01, 1997

Gullit vs Little

2 victories

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on November 01, 1997

Referee

Steve Dunn

6 victories	3 draws	7 losses	Aston Villa16 matches	General total	Chelsea24 matches	13 victories	4 draws	7 losses
1 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Aston Villa2 matches	Season total	Chelsea2 matches	1 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on December 12, 2004					Latest figure on April 30, 2005

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Key figures

No manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Brian Little has done less than 0.97 goals conceded per game .

Mark Hughes scored 10 goals vs Chelsea in his professional career

Chelsea keeps its 3 matches with only one goal conceded at most in Premier League running (since 18/10/1997).

Read the next 17 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LAston Villa 0-4 Blackburn13/08/1997

VAston Villa 1-0 Leeds United30/08/1997

VAston Villa 2-1 Derby County20/09/1997

DAston Villa 2-2 Sheffield Wednesday27/09/1997

VAston Villa 1-0 Bordeaux30/09/1997

LAston Villa 1-2 Wimbledon FC18/10/1997

Overall

VAston Villa 1-0 Bordeaux30/09/1997

VBolton Wanderers 0-1 Aston Villa04/10/1997

LWest Ham 3-0 Aston Villa15/10/1997

LAston Villa 1-2 Wimbledon FC18/10/1997

DAthletic Bilbao 0-0 Aston Villa21/10/1997

DArsenal 0-0 Aston Villa26/10/1997

Current form

Away

VCrystal Palace 0-3 Chelsea13/09/1997

DManchester United 2-2 Chelsea24/09/1997

VSlovan Bratislava 0-2 Chelsea02/10/1997

LLiverpool 4-2 Chelsea05/10/1997

LTromsö 3-2 Chelsea23/10/1997

LBolton Wanderers 1-0 Chelsea26/10/1997

Overall

VSlovan Bratislava 0-2 Chelsea02/10/1997

LLiverpool 4-2 Chelsea05/10/1997

DChelsea 1-1 Blackburn15/10/1997

VChelsea 1-0 Leicester18/10/1997

LTromsö 3-2 Chelsea23/10/1997

LBolton Wanderers 1-0 Chelsea26/10/1997

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	0	2
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	2
Winless streak	1	4
Drawless streak	2	0
Scoring streak	5	0
Goalless streak	0	2
Conceding streak	1	0
Invincibility streak	0	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	3	2
Winless streak	3	2
Drawless streak	4	3
Goalless streak	1	1
Conceding streak	3	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

12	Number of games (Competition total)	11
5	Number of games (Home / Away)	7
4	Victories (Competition total)	6
2	Victories (Home / Away)	3
2	Draws (Competition total)	1
1	Draws (Home / Away)	1
6	Losses (Competition total)	4
2	Losses (Home / Away)	3

Goals

12	Goals scored (Competition total)	25
6	Goals scored (Home / Away)	17
17	Goals conceded (Competition total)	15
9	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	10
1	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2.27
1.2	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	2.43
1.42	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.36
1.8	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.43

Betting aid

7	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	7
4	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	5
4	Clean sheets (Competition total)	5
1	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	3
5	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	1
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	1
4	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	5
3	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	3
0-4 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	2-3 (1 times)

Bookings

9	Yellow cards (Competition total)	21
0	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	17
1	Red cards (Competition total)	3
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	1

Key players

Dwight Yorke	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	4 goals	Gustavo Poyet
Dwight Yorke	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	4 goals	Gianluca Vialli
Ian Taylor	3 goals during the last 7 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last 2 matches	Frank Leboeuf

Historical head to head

Home

53 matches

28 v

13 d

12 l

109 gf

75 ga

Away

55 matches

19 v

11 d

25 l

69 gf

80 ga

Total

108 matches

47 v

24 d

37 l

178 gf

155 ga

Historical head to head

Home

55 matches

25 v

11 d

19 l

80 gf

69 ga

Away

53 matches

12 v

13 d

28 l

75 gf

109 ga

Total

108 matches

37 v

24 d

47 l

155 gf

178 ga

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 1	April 15, 1952
Home	7 - 1	April 15, 1952

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 2	September 17, 1966
Away	6 - 2	September 17, 1966

Latest head to head

December 26, 1996 - Premier League 1996/1997

Aston Villa

0 - 2

Chelsea

September 15, 1996 - Premier League 1996/1997

Chelsea

1 - 1

Aston Villa logo Aston Villa

April 06, 1996 - Premier League 1995/1996

Chelsea

1 - 2

Aston Villa logo Aston Villa

October 14, 1995 - Premier League 1995/1996

Aston Villa

0 - 1

Chelsea

April 15, 1995 - Premier League 1994/1995

Chelsea

1 - 0

Aston Villa logo Aston Villa

Best historical scorers against Chelsea

Tony Hateley	8 goals	1963 - 1966
Bobby Thomson	4 goals	1960 - 1961
Jimmy MacEwan	3 goals	1960 - 1963
David Platt	2 goals	1990 - 1991
Dwight Yorke	2 goals	1994 - 1996
Gordon Cowans	2 goals	1978 - 1990

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 12/10/1957. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Aston Villa

Robert Tambling	12 goals	1961 - 1967
Jimmy Greaves	5 goals	1958 - 1960
Barry Bridges	4 goals	1961 - 1965
Ron Tindall	3 goals	1957 - 1958
John Bumstead	3 goals	1984 - 1985
Kerry Dixon	3 goals	1985 - 1986

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 12/10/1957. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Chelsea

Paul McGrath	13 matches	1990 - 1996
Nigel Spink	12 matches	1985 - 1994
Steve Staunton	11 matches	1991 - 1996
John Sleeuwenhoek	11 matches	1961 - 1967
Gordon Cowans	10 matches	1978 - 1993
Charlie Aitken	10 matches	1961 - 1967

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 12/10/1957. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Aston Villa

Peter Bonetti	15 matches	1960 - 1979
Robert Tambling	13 matches	1960 - 1967
Ron Harris	12 matches	1963 - 1979
Kerry Dixon	11 matches	1984 - 1992
Steve Clarke	11 matches	1990 - 1996
Peter Brabrook	10 matches	1957 - 1961